Join the conversation: Could an extended school year work in New Jersey?

Longer school days and years gain traction, detractors across nation

4:57 PM,
Jan. 30, 2014

Education Secretary Arne Duncan, pictured on a 2013 visit to Malcolm X Elementary School in Washington, like Gov. Chris Christie earlier this month, has thrown his support behind a longer school day and year.

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As educators await details from Gov. Chris Christie's office on a plan to extend the school day and school year for New Jersey's 1.36 million students, state officials say similar programs are already successfully underway across the nation.

The plan, announced earlier this month during Christie's State of the State address, has triggered a new round of a battle being played out across the nation over whether to extend the time students spend within school walls.

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